The first few paragraphs of the Ninth Circuit’s opinion explain the setting: “Barry Bonds was a celebrity child who grew up in baseball locker rooms as he watched his father Bobby Bonds and his godfather, the legendary Willie Mays, compete in the Major Leagues. Barry Bonds was a phenomenal baseball player in his own right. […]
White Collar Crime.
A criminal defendant stood accused of defrauding lenders in a scheme involving submitting false information on loan applications. Witnesses who worked in defendant’s real estate agency cooperated with the government and testified against defendant at trial. A jury found her guilty of conspiracy, bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. After her conviction, defendant found […]
Tell Me Again Why I Removed The Case To Federal Court?
This disability discrimination action, brought under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act [FEHA], was initially filed in state court and removed to federal court by the defendant employer. Plaintiff’s claim is that his employer discriminated against him because of his ulcerative colitis and failed to accommodate him. Once in federal court, the defendant moved for […]
Big Girls Don’t Cry….They Sue.
In 1988, a lawyer/journalist entered into a written contract to ghostwrite the autobiography of one of the original members of the band Jersey Boys. After the work was completed, but prior to publication, the lawyer/journalist died in 1991. In 1999, the band member executed another agreement, this time granting the exclusive rights to two other […]
Copyright Misuse.
Costco purchased luxury watches from a company in New York who had purchased them from an overseas company who had purchased them from the manufacturer, and sold the watches in its U.S. Costco stores. Omega, the Swiss manufacturer of the luxury watches, sued Costco for copyright infringement, specifically the importation of copyrighted work without the […]
Can A Court Intervene In An Ongoing Arbitration.
The Ninth Circuit discussed the ability of a court to intervene in an ongoing arbitration in Sussex v. United States Dist. Court for the Dist. of Nev. (Ninth Cir.; January 27, 2015) 776 F.3d 1092. This was a consolidated action brought by 385 condominium purchasers against the developer. The matter was submitted to arbitration before the […]
Former Football Players Want To Be Paid For The Use Of Their Likenesses In Video Games.
Both the trial and appeals courts were called upon to “balance the right of publicity of former professional football players against [a video game company’s] First Amendment right to use their likenesses in its Madden NFL series of video games.” Madden NFL allows video game users to play virtual football games between National Football League […]
You Call It Human Rights Abuses; I Call It A Political Question. Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off.
An internal struggle in Colombia has been ongoing since the 1960s involving guerrilla forces trying to overpower the Colombian government. In 1986, oil extraction of one of the largest oil fields in the country began, and the first 110 miles of pipeline ran through especially volatile guerrilla territory. In 2002, because of Colombia’s inability to […]
Endangered Grizzly Bears.
Between 1800 and 1975, grizzly bear populations fell from estimates of over 50,000 to less than 1,000. In Yellowstone National Park, government helicopters regularly fly over a habitat shared by grizzly bears and bison, for the purpose of preventing bison from contaminating cattle with a disease carried by bison. Concerned about the untoward albeit unintended […]
First Amendment Rights Of Sex Offenders Preserved.
Under California law, sex offenders have long been required to report their address and a current photograph to law enforcement. Apparently to catch up to the 21st century, the Legislature passed a law requiring sex offenders to also report any and all internet identifiers within 24 hours of acquiring such [Californians Against Sexual Exploitation Act; […]
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